Additional information about 帳
說文解字: 【帳】，張也。从巾、長聲。 【知諒切】
- Criteria
- CURTAIN
1. Wéi 帷 refers to any decorative curtain hung around openings like windows or doors, but the term can also be used to refer to low curtain hung close to the floor.
2. Mù 幕 refers to a curtain suspended from above as a kind curtain-roof, but reaching down to the ground. See TENT
3. Wò 幄 refers to a tent-like structure built up within a building. See TENT
4. Yì 帟, an exceedingly rare word, refers to a roof-like flat baldachin used within buildings to guard against dust and dirt that keeps falling off the ceiling.
5. Màn 幔 refers to a largish piece of cloth used to cover anything in the house.
6. Chéng chén 承塵 refers to dust-protector hung above a seat to prevent dust from the ceiling falling on person seated below.
7. The general term for any material used as a curtain of any sort is zhàng 帳, and the word became current in Han times.
8. Lián 簾 refers to a bamboo curtain or screen, typically used in doors to prevent draft, and the word is still rare in Han times.
- TENT
1. The current general word for a tent-like structure set up within a house is zhàng 帳.
2. Mù 幕 refers to a tent in the open air which protects against the weather.
3. Wò 幄 refers to a house-like framed tent set up within a building or in the open air.